Barkley goes on unseemly rant during Green interview

Rather than ask Danny Green about his 21-point performance in the Spurs’ 112-77 rout of Oklahoma City, the Chuckster instead hijacked TNT’s postgame interview on Wednesday to rant about his lack of affection for a local fan base that apparently didn’t treat him all that well during his recent visit to San Antonio.

“Hey Danny, I don’t know if you can hear these San Antonio fans are telling me that I suck,” he says. “I just want them to know, they suck too.”

As host/voice of reason Ernie Johnson points out, well, did you expect a different reaction? (Or, perhaps more accurately, over-reaction?)

Barkley’s rant came at the end of a day in which he was reportedly accosted at his hotel by a local radio host hoping to provoke a reaction on video. That was in addition to the pack of fans who hung around at the AT&T Center after both games to heckle Barkley during TNT’s broadcast.

Hopefully everyone got it out of their system and we can finally move on. Or, perhaps take Barkley’s advice from a recent interview:

“You know I’m joking … some of you people don’t like my sense of humor. Here’s what I gotta say: Turn off your d*** television. I’m not gonna change.”